James Thomson

Ingratitude is treason to mankind. ↗

— James Thomson

#mankind #treason

Peace is the happy natural state of man; war is corruption and disgrace. ↗

— James Thomson

#disgrace #happy #man #natural #natural state

Health is the vital principle of bliss, and exercise, of health. ↗

— James Thomson

#bliss #exercise #health #principle #vital

More firm and sure the hand of courage strikes, when it obeys the watchful eye of caution. ↗

— James Thomson

#courage #eye #firm #hand #more

Statues and pictures and verse may be grand, But they are not the Life for which they stand. ↗

— James Thomson

#life #may #pictures #stand #statues

The world rolls round forever like a mill; it grinds out death and life and good and ill; it has no purpose, heart or mind or will. ↗

— James Thomson

#forever #good #grinds #heart #ill

But who can paint like Nature? Can imagination boast, amid its gay creation, hues like hers? ↗

— James Thomson

#boast #creation #gay #hers #hues

For life is but a dream whose shapes return, some frequently, some seldom, some by night and some by day. ↗

— James Thomson

#dream #frequently #life #night #return

I think a bishop who doesn't give offence to anyone is probably not a good bishop. ↗

— James Thomson

#bishop #give #good #i #i think

Rule, Britannia, rule the waves; Britons never will be slaves. ↗

— James Thomson

#never #rule #slaves #waves #will